Continuing education is needed for each of us to fully understand the history of systemic racism in the United States and its deep impact on areas including education, banking, criminal justice, housing and healthcare. Additional readings are listed below.
Find definitions for the terminology you'll encounter throughout these resources.
In May 2020, Kalilah Gates, MD, presentented on Bias and Inclusion in the Curriculum to Phase 1 module leaders. The presentation is uploaded to Panopto for those faculty with access.
Bias and Inclusion in the Curriculum
Feinberg's Center for Health Equity Transformation has compiled a extensive list of anti-racism resources in their June 2020 newsletter.
Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center offers a starting point for learning about racism, anti-racism, health disparities and the intersection of health, healthcare and race.
GalterGuide on Racism, Anti-Racism, and Health Disparities
These reports are used to identify prevalent health needs among residents across all socioeconomic groups, races and ethnicities.
Northwestern Medicine Lurie Children's Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Caruso Brown AE, Hobart TR, Botash AS, Germain LJ. Med Educ. 2019 May;53(5):510. doi: 10.1111/medu.13840. Epub 2019 Mar 11.
Brief report about using a checklist to ameliorate bias in the curriculum at SUNY Upstate. The report includes excellent checklist (available as online RedCap survey or as downloadable pdf) with good examples.
Krishnan A1, Rabinowitz M, Ziminsky A, Scott SM, Chretien KC. Acad Med. 2019 Apr;94(4):550-555. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002589.
This guide to assessing bias, applied to Aquifer cases, includes “Race and Culture Guide for Editors of Teaching Cases.” Section 3 appears in the paper, but the full guide is available as a supplemental digital appendix.
Tsai J1, Ucik L, Baldwin N, Hasslinger C, George P. Acad Med. 2016 Jul;91(7):916-20. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001232.
Medical students at Brown University analyzed M1 and M2 lectures and found that when race was mentioned in lecture it nearly always suggested biological risk.
Columbia Univ Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Medical students at Columbia University, inspired by Tsai paper from Brown, developed these guidelines (also discussed in Letters to the Editor in Acad Med).